2019 Wabash College Football Game Notes
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2019 Wabash College Football Game Notes Wabash College Athletics Communications • 301 W. Wabash Avenue • Crawfordsville, IN 47933 sports.wabash.edu • Facebook: facebook.com/wabashcollegeathletics • Twitter/Instagram: @wabashathletics 126th MONON BELL CLASSIC Game Information Game 10 Date/Time: November 16, 2019 / 1:07p.m. WABASH COLLEGE (7-2, 7-1 NCAC) Site: Greencastle, IN at Radio: WIMC 103.9 FM TV: foxsportsgo.com DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (5-4, 5-3 NCAC) Live Stats: www.depauwtigers.com/sports/ Nov. 16, 2019 • 1:07 p.m. • Radio: WIMC 103.9 FM • TV: Fox Sports Indiana fball/2019-20/boxscores/20191116_u41b.xml Overall Series: Wabash leads 62-54-9 Greencastle, IN • Blackstock Stadium (8,000) Bell Series (since 1932): Wabash leads 43-38-6 NCAC Games: Wabash leads 6-1 OPENING NOTES Games at DePauw: Wabash leads 29-26-4 • Wabash is playing its 133rd season of football. The Little Giants own an overall record of Last 10 Games: Wabash leads 9-1 696-390-59. Wabash is fifth among Division III schools in all-time victories and 16th in winning percentage with a mark of .634. Wabash College 7-2, 7-1 NCAC • The Little Giants are in their 18th season as members of the North Coast Athletic Conference. Little Giants Wabash won at least a share its ninth North Coast Athletic Conference football championship Ranking NA – D3football.com title with its 24-0 victory over Hiram on Saturday combined with Ohio Wesleyan’s 19-10 win over NA – AFCA Denison. The Little Giants would earn the outright title with a win today over DePauw. Wabash has Last Game 11/9/19 at Crawfordsville, IN captured nine NCAC titles over the past 14 seasons (2002, 2005, 2006 [tied], 2007, 2008, 2011, defeated Hiram 24-0 2015, 2018 [tied], and 2019). The back-to-back titles from 2018 and 2019 are the first for the Little Head Coach Don Morel Giants since winning four consecutive championships from 2005-2008. Career Record 80-66 (16th season) • Wabash has won nine of the past ten Monon Bell games and owns a 62-54-9 advantage in the Wabash Record 32-7 (4th season) all-time series. The Little Giants are 43-38-6 since the Monon Bell was added to the rivalry in 1932. vs. DePauw 2-1 Wabash is 6-1 versus DePauw since the Tigers joined the NCAC in 2012 and own a 29-26-4 edge in games played in Greencastle. The Little Giants won the 125th meeting between the two schools 24-17 last year in Crawfordsville. Wabash jumped out to a 14-0 first quarter lead and a 24-14 Depauw University 5-4, 5-3 NCAC advantage at halftime. Running back Isaac Avant ran for 150 yards on 36 carries for the Little Tigers Giants. Wabash held a 232-182 advantage in passing yards for the game and a 171-137 edge on the Ranking NA – D3football.com ground. NA – AFCA Last Game 11/9/19 at Greencastle, IN 2019 SCHEDULE defeated Oberlin 34-0 Head Coach Bill Lynch Career Record 144-122-3 (25th season) Sept. 14 at Wisconsin-Stevens Point L 31-28 DePauw Record 52-27 (8th season) Wabash took a 28-24 lead with 2:34 left to play prior to the UW-SP rally. vs. Wabash 2-5 Sept. 21 at Allegheny (NCAC) W 48-35 Wabash scores three second-half TDs to pull away from the Gators. Wabash Coaching Staff Sept. 28 Denison (NCAC) W 34-20 On the Field Little Giants score twice in the final three minutes to go to 2-0 in the NCAC. Don Morel Head Coach/QB Coach Darold Hughes Wide Receivers Coach Oct. 5 Ohio Wesleyan (NCAC) W 31-13 Olmy Olmstead '04 Offensive Line Coach Wabash jumps out to 24-3 halftime lead to remain unbeaten in NCAC play. Jeff Ramsey Defensive Coord./ILB Coach Steve Rogers Safeties Oct. 12 at Wooster (NCAC) L 24-10 Bryan Watson '10 Defensive Line Coach Wabash unable to overcome early 14-0 deficit; sacked 7 times, 10 TFLs. Oct. 19 Wittenberg (NCAC) W 31-13 Wabash outscored the Tigers 17-0 in the first half; added two late scores. In the Press Box Jeff Franklin Defensive Backs Coach Oct. 26 at Oberlin (NCAC) W 38-3 Joe Riordan Outside Linebackers Coach Wabash scores 21 points off five turnovers and held Oberlin to 190 total yards. Sean Osnowitz Running Backs Coach CJ Ramsey '20 Student Assistant/TE Coach Nov. 2 Kenyon (NCAC) W 31-12 Cole Copsey '20 Student Assistant Wabash scores 17 first-quarter points and a 32-0 halftime lead in the win. Nov. 9 Hiram (NCAC) W 24-0 Wabash Athletics Communications Wabash wins final game at Hollett Stadium and share of ninth NCAC title. BRENT HARRIS Athletics Communications Dir. Office: 765-361-6165 Nov. 16 at DePauw (NCAC) 1:07 p.m. 126th Monon Bell Classic Cell: 765-376-9689 Greencastle, IN / Blackstock Stadium (8,000) Fox Sports Indiana/Midwest E-mail: [email protected] www.facebook.com/WabashCollegeAthletics @wabashathletics http://sports.wabash.edu 2019 Wabash College Football Game Notes Game 10 — at DePauw University THE BEST OF THE ALL-TIME IN DIVISION III DON Wabash is among the best Division III football schools in the nation and is listed MOREL on the NCAA’s top-ten all-time victories list. The Little Giants have recorded 696 wins through 132 seasons, good for fifth place on the all-time victories list. NCAC Head Coach, Fourth Season foe Wittenberg ranks second on the list with 779 wins over 126 years, which is topped by Mount Union with 807 in 122 seasons. DePauw is 21st with a total of 590 16th season overall victories over 132 seasons. 80-66 career record NCAA Division III Top-25 — All-Time Wins 2019 Personal Team Yrs. W-L-T Pct. Record 1. Mount Union 122 807-387-38 .670 9-0 Born: January 5, 1965 2. Wittenberg 126 779-363-31 .677 6-3 3. Washington and Jefferson 128 750-395-40 .650 6-3 Family: wife Barb; son Jack. 4. Widener 138 709-431-39 .618 5-4 Education 5. WABASH 133 696-390-59 .634 7-2 6. Williams 134 656-388-47 .623 7-2 College: LaVerne College, 1987 7. Amherst 140 651-420-54 .603 4-5 8. St. John’s 109 649-250-24 .716 8-1 Coaching Experience 9. Franklin and Marshall 132 640-499-47 .559 5-4 10. Central (IA) 111 629-329-26 .652 8-1 Head Coach, Wabash College Little Giants 11. Albion 133 628-419-43 .596 7-2 12. Westminster (PA) 126 625-440-54 .583 6-3 (32-7 overall, 29-6 NCAC) 13. St. Thomas 114 622-350-32 .635 7-2 Centre 127 622-423-37 .592 5-5 15. Coe 127 619-404-37 .601 6-3 2019 — 6-2 overall – 6-1 NCAC) 16. Linfield 105 616-260-30 .696 7-1 2018 — 9-1 overall – 8-1 NCAC (NCAC Coach of the Year) 17. UW-Whitewater 95 611-258-21 .698 9-0 18. Ohio Wesleyan 130 602-520-44 .536 7-2 2017 — 8-2 overall – 7-2 NCAC 19. Baldwin Wallace 115 601-352-30 .625 7-2 20. Trinity (CT) 135 598-357-41 .621 5-4 2016 — 8-2 overall – 7-2 NCAC 21. DePauw 132 590-501-40 .539 5-4 22. Illinois Wesleyan 127 588-410-41 .586 5-4 23. Springfield 126 585-463-55 .555 6-3 Head Coach, LaVerne College Leopards 24. Monmouth 127 579-476-39 .547 6-2 (48-59 overall) 25. Denison 129 577-497-57 .536 7-2 WABASH 2019 HOME-AWAY SPLITS 2006 — 3-6 overall — 3-3 SCIAC (T-3rd) HOME (5-0) AWAY (2-2) 2005 — 5-4 overall — 3-3 SCIAC (4th) POINTS PER GAME 30.2 31.0 2004 — 4-5 overall — 3-3 SCIAC (3rd) OPPONENT POINTS PER GAME 11.6 23.2 2003 — 1-8 overall — 0-6 SCIAC (7th) RUSHING YARDS PER GAME 193.2 232.5 OPPONENT RUSHING YARDS PER GAME 148.2 117.5 2002 — 3-5 overall — 1-4 SCIAC (T-5th) PASSING YARDS PER GAME 207.6 216.2 2001 — 1-8 overall — 0-5 SCIAC (7th) OPPONENT PASSING YARDS PER GAME 170.4 247.0 2000 — 2-7 overall — 2-3 SCIAC (T-3rd) PASSING (COMP-ATT-INT-TD) 79-115-3-10 60-110-4-6 1999 — 7-2 overall — 4-1 SCIAC (2nd) OPPONENT PASSING (COMP-ATT-INT-TD) 84168-8-2 78-135-0-10 TOTAL OFFENSE PER GAME 400.8 448.8 1998 — 4-5 overall — OPPONENT TOTAL OFFENSE PER GAME 318.6 364.5 1997 — 2-7 overall — 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 30/69 (43%) 28/57 (49%) 1996 — 7-2 overall — OPPONENT 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 24/75 (32%) 22/61 (36%) 1995 — 9-0 overall — 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3/4 (75%) 5/12 (42%) OPPONENT 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3/12 (25%) 7/9 (78%) SACKS BY-YARDS 14-96 4-18 OPPONENT SACKS BY-YARDS 12-77 10-55 RED-ZONE SCORES 18-24 (75%) 13-16 (81%) RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 13-24 (54%) 11-16 (69%) PAT-ATTEMPTS 19-19 (100%) 16-17 (94%) SCORE BY QUARTERS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL WABASH-HOME 52 54 0 45 --- 151 OPPONENTS-HOME 3 10 21 24 --- 58 WABASH-AWAY 28 33 35 28 --- 124 OPPONENTS-AWAY 42 31 0 20 --- 93 Page 2 2019 Wabash College Football Game Notes Game 10 — at DePauw University DEPTH CHART — WABASH COLLEGE LITTLE GIANTS Pronunciation Guide OFFENSE DEFENSE Players Joey Annee – Ah-NAY TE 40 Ivan Martinez (SR/6-1/245) DE 92 David Marsh (SO/6-3/252) Isaac Avant – AYE-vahnt 48 Gavin Patrick (FR/6-5/264) 37 Seth Buresh (JR/6-0/222) Thomas Bolen – BOW (rhymes with snow)-lehn LT 78 Nikko Morris (SR/6-2/259) DT 98 Blair Broady (JR/6-0/293) Seth Buresh – BURR-esh or 66 Brandon English (FR/6-5/245) 51 Jacob Macaluso (SR/6-1/230) Nick Costin – COST-ihn 75 Patrick Marsh (SR/5-11/276) DT 91 Brandon Peck (JR/6-2/265) Casey Crozier – CROW-zher LG 76 Thomas Bolen (JR/6-4/288) 93 Kenny Coleman(SO/6-0/249) Mason Durrett – DURR-et 65 Caleb Rutan (JR/6-3/321) DE 83 Malcolm Lang (JR/6-0/229) Artie Equihua – ah-KEY-wah C 64 Jake Slager (SR/6-2/315) 8 Andrew Sanders (JR/5-11/195) Robbie Esrael – EHS-ray-ehl 68 Matt Runyon (SO/5-11/298) Seth Gallman – GAHL-man LB 48 Brock Heffron (SR/5-11/229) RG 69 Connor Phelps (JR/6-4/370) 59 Jared Bertram (SR/6-0/217) Nick Grujanac – groo-JAH-nic 79 Nick Grujanac (SR/6-1/311) Nick Hamman – HAM-man LB 45 Brandon Yeagy (SR/5-9/196) Ra’Shawn Jones - rah-SHAWN RT 54 Dane Smith (SO/6-1/263) 34 Jackson Garrett (JR/6-1/220) 57 Bailey Scurlock (JR/6-0/270) Jacob Macaluso – mac-ah-LEW-so CB 5 Kam Ferguson (SO/6-1/173) Ivan Martinez – EYE-van mar-TEE-nehz WR 1 Cooper Sullivan (FR/5-10/183) 24 Willie Gupton (FR/5-7/161) Mason McPheron – mac-FAIR-ehn 81